Parking Management

NCTCOG’s Parking Management activities, including the North Texas Parking Management Toolbox, support local parking management plans and policies that can help North Texas achieve a more efficient transportation system and a more sustainable region.

Why does North Texas need parking management?

Improve transportation system performance through addressing parking’s impact on development
Allow for highest and best use of land in key locations which increases jobs and housing access
Prepare for potential impact of automated vehicles which may significantly reduce future parking need

NCTCOG’s Regional Parking Database will be an ongoing collection of regional parking utilization data from a sample of local sites with the goal of increasing local knowledge of actual parking demand and insight for efficient management and development codes.

NCTCOG will be asking those with parking data and related land use policy experience from across the region to join a Parking Data Advisory Group
NCTCOG will also be looking to recruit volunteer properties for on-site parking occupancy counts

Contact Catherine Osborn at cosborn@nctcog.org to get involved or for more information.

NCTCOG's Parking Events and Symposiums provide a forum for sharing local parking management best practices and strategies addressing future development. Additionally, NCTCOG has collected examples of local parking studies and other resources to assist local governments in best practices in parking management.

NCTCOG's Summary of North Texas Local Parking Studies provides an understanding of shared parking issues and insights from walkable places in the North Texas region.

Study [PDF]	City	Context	Topics
Mansfield Downtown Development Strategies (2020) - Parking Content Excerpted	Mansfield	Historic downtown, 1,140 spaces, on-street, off-street lots	Supply and demand study, management strategies supporting walkable downtown development
Downtown Wylie Parking Review and Recommendations (2019)	Wylie	209 on-street and 593 off-street parking spaces within about 7 blocks of historic downtown Wylie	On-street/off-street utilization, wayfinding, district-wide parking needs and strategies
Dallas Midtown Autonomous Transportation System and Shared Parking Feasibility Study - Section 2 (2019)	Dallas	Plan recommending district wide mobility solutions including shared parking for new dense walkable development	Shared parking, demand analysis and forecast
Dallas Road Transit District Parking Study (2019)	Grapevine	Main Street and Dallas Road Transit District. 279 on-street spaces and 2,240 off-street spaces	On-street/off-street utilization, transit coordination, wayfinding, and phased implementation of multiple parking strategies
Downtown Decatur Parking Inventory and Analysis (2019)	Decatur	12 blocks of town square area. 674 on- and off-street spaces	On-street/off-street utilization, time limits, way-finding, shared parking opportunities
Arlington Parking Needs Analysis Technical Memorandum (2019)	Arlington	one-half square mile historic downtown	High-level needs assessment, shared parking model, conceptual cost of parking facilities, automated vehicles impact
TOD Parking Study (2019)	Dallas, Plano, Richardson, Garland	16 transit-oriented developments, 15, 201 off-street spaces	TOD Parking Study (2019)
Historic Town Center Parking Study Update (2019)	McKinney	50+ block of historic town center. 2,989 spaces off and on-street	On-Street/off-street utilization, Valet parking pilot, wayfinding recommendations
Granite Properties - Office Parking (2019)	Dallas, Plano, Addison	10 office properties 8,515 off-street spaces Suburban and urban locations	Class A office parking utilization, recommended ratio 2.05 spaces per 1,000 square feet in DFW
Magnolia Village Parking Circulation Study (2019)	Fort Worth	Corridor (27 blocks) 999 on-street spaces Historic urban mixed use	On-street utilization, assessment of paid parking implementation, residential permit program
Preston Center Parking Study Memo (2016)	Dallas	District (10 blocks) 1440 garage spaces 76 surface lot spaces 406 on-street spaces Urban mixed use office/retail	Utilization by facility, duration/turnover for street parking, district wide parking needs and strategies
Downtown Parking Study (2016)	Plano	District (18 blocks) 388 on-street spaces 3,571 off-street spaces Historic suburban downtown, mixed use retail and residential	Utilization for all downtown parking, future parking supply, comprehensive parking strategy recommendations

Please contact NCTCOG staff listed at the bottom of this web page to add a local study to this table.

ULI's Research Report on Parking Policy in the US provides a searchable database of recent examples of parking policy reforms.
A study of residential parking adjacent to station areas by Metro Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) is a good example of how to conduct a regional parking study.
The Perfect Fit Parking database is a resource for context-sensitive parking utilization for Metro Boston.
The Victoria Transport Policy Institute contains a good source of compiled lists of data and studies relating to Parking topics.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission in California has a parking policy to support smart growth and developed a parking model.

Competition for curbside space continues to increase and change with the evolution of competing modes of transportation and new technologies. The Curb Management Regional Planning Guide was developed to provide cities with the knowledge and tools to plan for and attain enhanced curbside management that most effectively balances the curb’s many potential uses.
Curb Management Regional Planning Guide

NCTCOG's Travel Demand Management (TDM) program can help to reduce parking demand by addressing the demand side of travel behavior.

Staff: Travis Liska